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Little Foot takes a bow
26 Aug 2023
After 20 years of painstaking excavation and preparation, Professor Ron Clarke introduces the most complete Australopithecus fossil ever found to the world. South Africa’s status as a major cradle in the African nursery of humankind has been reinforced with to
Trans-!Garib Newsletter March 2018
26 Aug 2023
Dear Members, Herewith the March newsletter of 2018 from the Trans-!Garib branch of the SA Archaeological Society.
Please
Northern Branch - newsletter May 2018
26 Aug 2023
Dear Members,
Herewith the May newsletter of 2018 from the Northern Branch of the SA Archaeological Society.. please click the link below to open it.


Article from the Guardian: "How a DNA revolution has decoded the origins of our humanity"
26 Aug 2023
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have used DNA evidence to prove that Neanderthals occupied the cave site of Trou Al’Wesse in Belgium. 
Article from EurekAlert! "Where hominid brains are concerned, size doesn't matter"
26 Aug 2023
The recently-discovered species Homo naledi may have had a pint-sized brain, but that brain packed a big punch.
Tools from China are oldest hint of human lineage outside Africa
26 Aug 2023
Hominins reached Asia at least 2.1 million years ago, researchers assert in an 11 July Nature paper. Stone tools they found in central China represent the earliest known evidence of humans or their ancient relatives living outside Africa. Read the full article here:
Rethinking our human origins in Africa
26 Aug 2023
A new paper challenges the traditional idea that our species evolved from a single population in one region of Africa.
Read the full article here:
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/july/the-way-we-think-about-the-first-modern-humans-in-africa.html
Northern Branch - newsletter September 2018
26 Aug 2023
Dear Members,
Herewith the September newsletter of 2018 from the Northern Branch of the SA Archaeological Society.. please click the link below to open it.
South Africa's Blombos cave is home to the earliest drawing by a human
26 Aug 2023
A new discovery adds to our existing understanding of Homo sapiens in Africa. Read the full article here:
https://theconversation.com/south-africas-blombos-cave-is-home-to-the-earliest-drawing-by-a-human-103017
#L13 - The earliest drawing sheds light on the origin of symbolism
26 Aug 2023
In our recent paper in Nature we describe the earliest known instance of an abstract drawing. Here we give a bit of background to what the study entailed. Written by Karen L. van Niekerk and Francesco d'Errico... click the link below to read the full article: